gagged

Example Sentences

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In South Tangerang, some pedestrians gagged and swatted at swarms of flies as they walked down littered streets.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

Stakeknife was Freddie Scappaticci, who died in 2023, but the Kenova remains gagged by the government from officially naming him.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025

If Maria could do it, so could I. At first sip, I gagged ever so slightly, visions of Looney Tunes farm animals dancing through my head.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2024

Wine: Of course, the media initially was not as gagged.

From Salon • Feb. 13, 2024

The houses were consumed; the bricks of houses still standing were blackened; the air so thick with soot that we now all coughed and gagged at every step.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson